Author's Note: I do not own any Faking It or any of the characters. This is my first attempt at fanfiction, so please give honest reviews. Thanks!
Karma's POV
"Welcome to detention. For the next seven hours you belong to me. You will sit in your seats quietly without your cell phones-"
Is he kidding? What the hell am I supposed to do all day without my cellphone?
"No texting. No Candy Crushing. No Snapchatting your genitalia. Instead, you will ruminate over the shortcomings that have landed you here. Dig deep. Figure out how not to repeat the same mistake twice, or you could get your GED and become an Uber driver." After his speech, Principle Turner left the room, leaving the students sitting there in awkward silence.
Noticing the silence, Felix asks, "Aren't you guys all friends?"
Uggghh no. I don't even like most of the people here.
"Did you have a hot tub party that got a little bit too real?"
As if...well, that might actually be fun.
"I know Shane is here because of his naked protest, but what did the rest of you do?"
Lauren responds, "Clearly, there was a clerical error. I'm sure I'll be exonerated shortly." Felix rolls his eyes at her, "Yeah, yeah, yeah. Everybody's innocent."
Amy laughs, redirecting Felix's attention. "What about you, Amy?"
"You have obviously never watch Orange is the New Black. You don't ask someone why they're doing time. "
I actually enjoy that show. Not as much as Amy does, for obvious reason...but i still love it.
Amy reveals, "And if you must know, I cut class because I was watching a French new wave-"
French? I thought it was German. "-at the Austin Film Society."
Karma turns her head towards Amy, "I thought you said it was German."
Nervously Amy replies, "Yeah, right.. Haha. It-it was German. Danke shoen."
That's weird. Why is Amy acting nervous. You know what? I'm too tired to try to find out. Wait, is Felix asking me why I'm here? Shit.
Lauren's voice cuts across the room, "Yeah, did you and Liam finally get caught having sex at school?"
"NO!" Karma and Liam both shout at the same time. Lowering her voice, Karma answers, "I fell asleep during Geometry."
Stupid extra shifts. Maybe I should start drinking coffee in the mornings. I wonder if mom would make some, instead of that weird juice she makes…
As Shane empties the entire contents of his bag onto his desk (mostly junk food snacks like candy and chips and snack cakes) Felix turns his interrogation onto Liam. "I took a conference call during Philosophy." He did not just say that! "What? It was with our Dubai office." Unbelievable! He really is a corporate douche now. "It's really hard to coordinate with the time difference." Liam finishes his explanation. Based off of Shane's comment about golfing afterward, Karma knows that she isn't the only one upset with Liam Booker the Swerkle CEO-in-training.
"What about you, Felix?" Liam asks, saying his name like it's a dirty word.
Yeah, why would Turner put his own son in detention? If he did anything that bad, wouldn't I already know about it?
Felix's response is as vague as possible. "Let's just say that Turner has it out for me."
I really hope he doesn't go into too much detail. I cannot have everyone knowing about my living situation. Holy Hell..
"Is it hot in here or is it just me?" Karma asks as she takes off her jacket. Felix mentions that Principle Turner does not turn the air conditioner on on Saturdays. Great. Not only do I lose a day of work, but I'm spending my day in a sweat box. Now that she has mentioned it she sees everyone else start to take off theirs too. Everyone, but Lauren that is.
"Lauren, aren't you hot?"
She simply replies, "I naturally run cold."
Shane, who has is separating his junk food into different piles, casually remarks, "Like most repti-"
Lauren turns around quickly in her chair, pencil in hand. "Finish that sentence and I will stab you with this pencil."
Ooohhh. Looks like Shane struck a nerve. Well this day could be less boring if the two most annoying people in the world took each other out. But lately my luck has not been that good…
This color looks really great on Amy's nails. I'm so glad I had this in my purse. Her hands are soft…
Amy's whispering interrupts her thoughts, "So, what's the deal with you and Liam? You two still not talking?"
I soooooo don't wanna talk about this. Especially not in a room full of people. Karma sighs, "Not since L.A.." I need a drastic change of subject..
"Any new developments in Farrahgate?" Yesss, talking about her mother's affair should keep us off the subject of Liam and I for quite a while.
"Um, sort of. My mom promised that the fling was totally over."
"Good. The last thing you need is Farrah leaving Bruce for some new rando." I can't believe Farrah is doing this again. I really thought her and Bruce were good for each other. He is so much better than Hank...at least Bruce is dependable, even if he did come with a Lauren attached to him…
Amy's eyes widen. "Yeah, that would suck."
"Has Lauren agreed not to tell Bruce?"
Amy glances towards her step-sister. "Not yet. He comes back from a business trip tonight, and I have no idea what she's gonna do."
God(dess) I hate seeing her so stressed out. Karma uses her nail file to point over Amy's shoulder. "You could ask her. She's right behind you." Amy chair hops her way over to Lauren to discuss the family scandal. Karma can hear Liam and Shane arguing over the recent Duke breakup.
He always thinks he is right. That is maybe his most annoying quality. I could totally live without having that around all the time. I really want to help my parents. I hate sleeping in that fucking truck. But just look him. He's so cute. Why is this so difficult? Should I even be thinking about this? The simple answer should be no way. If I love him, there shouldn't even be a question...right? Wait...if I love him? When did this become an if? I totally love him...don't I?
The door opens and everyone stares at Theo. Oh, great. The narc.
Lauren's shrill voice carries across the room, "What the hell are you doing here?"
Karma snipes, "Yeah, did you get lost on the way to the donut shop?"
Amy longingly, "Ooh, yeah, and did you bring any with you?"
That girl is always hungry. She's so cute when she pouts.
Theo says that he is picking up Lauren and taking her to the Principle's office. Lauren smugly looks around the room as she walks past Theo, pushing him aside.
Later, Karma notices Felix is reading a comic book, and nobody really seems to be paying him any attention. She sits down next to him.
"Okay, I'm dying to know. Why would your dad put you in detention?"
Felix looks around the room to make sure no one overheard the mention of his dad. "Because, he doesn't trust me to alone all day."
You're a 16 year old nerd who never leaves the house. How much trouble could you get into? "Why? All you do is play Xbox?"
Felix, vague as always, "He has his reasons."
Karma walks up to Amy digging through her purse. "Whatcha doin'?"
"Uhh," Amy hold up a container of mints while reaching behind her. "Just looking for a light refreshment."
I forgot about those! "Ooh, give me one." Karma holds out her hand, waiting patiently. Instead of giving her a minty snack, Amy puts the container down and says she has to pee, and that Karma has to go with her right now. Not this again..
As Amy is dragging Karma down the hallway, Karma states, " I thought we got over your fear of peeing alone."
Amy replies, "It's not about that. We need to talk, now."
As they round the corner almost to the bathroom they both gasps. Lauren and Theo are leaning against the wall making out!
Holy shit! What did we just see? I cannot believe she took that narc back! This is just too much! What does she mean we aren't supposed to be here? She's not supposed to be here! Fuuuccckkkkk. Turner.. Fucking narc! Can he not take the blame for anything? We were not sneaking out, we were going pee. Well, Amy was, I was accompanying her.
Back in the classroom, Principle Turner informs them all that if they get caught doing anything else they will be stuck in detention until the end of the school year. That is a lot of work I could be missing!
"Yes, sir." They all chant back at Principle.
As soon as he leaves Amy turns on Lauren. "How could you take him back after what he did to you?"
Liam asks, "What?" It's not always about you jackass…
"Take who back?" Shane questions, as he drops his pencil.
Karma shares, "We caught Laurent and Theo making out in the hallway." Still cannot believe it. I saw it and I cannot believe it.
Shane angrily turns on Lauren, "After Amy and I helped you out him!?"
In almost disbelief, Liam looks at Shane. " You outed Theo too? Why am I not surprised?"
Fuck Theo. "He arrested my parents. And me. And Amy." She has to at least care a little bit about Amy being arrested. I mean come on that's her sister..sort of.
Lauren states, "Because he was protecting our secret."
Un-fucking-believable. We go to jail and she dates the asshat who put us there. Yes as a matter of fact I have been outed by one Mr. Shane Harvey.
As all the girls raise their hands to answer Lauren's question, Shane takes Liam's nonresponse to his own question as a show of support. Liam and Shane start discussing whether or not Shane outing people is a real problem. Amy insists to Lauren that getting back with Theo is a bad idea, because he will only end up hurting her again.
"I don't give a fuck what you think." Big surprise there. "But you better keep his secret, because if this comes out, Theo loses his job."
Oh, you don't mess with a person's job. I may not like it, but I know just how important a job can be. Boy do I know..
Lauren's voice is louder now, "The fact that your mom is fucking your dad?"
Whoa! Wait a minute! Farrah was hooking up with Hank? Like..fucking Hank? No! That can't be right…
"That's who you caught your mom with in the motel room?" She's not denying it! How the hell can she keep something this big from me? Her "best friend"? "Why did you keep that from me? We agreed no more secrets between us." Fuck, this hurts. I am so pissed off! How can she lie about who her mom was having an affair with? Why doesn't she trust me?
"I know. But i knew that you would get all mad and judgy because you hate my dad."
I do not hate her dad.. "I hate how he blows in here once in a blue moon if and when he pleases." I hate how crushed you are when he leaves. I hate that he has the power to break you so easily and every time you forgive him for hurting you like you didn't spend hours crying on my shoulder about it.
"He's a war journalist, Karma." Great, now she's mad too.. Amy continues defending her father, "He doesn't exactly decide when wars start and end."
She's being really defensive about this...wait a minute…..
"Wait, you didn't cut school to see a film. You cut school to see him."
Sarcastically, Amy answers, "Busted. I'm guilty for spending time with my father."
"No!" Honestly, does she think I really care if she sees her dad. She fucking lied right to my face. Twice! "You're guilty of yet another lie." Why are we always lying to each other?! Oh shut up Felix, this doesn't even concern you.
Shane interjects his opinion on why being true about yourself is always better. Liam points out that clearly Shane is guilt eating everything because outing Duke was wrong, and Shane couldn't do something wrong then pretend he had a good reason for it. Lauren jumps at this and agrees. This is so fucking rich! The Swerkle kid, who led a protest against his own family's company is gonna tell us about right from wrong. The biggest fucking hypocrite of them all. He's all about honesty, unless it's about him being honest. Right reasons? Was trying to fuck me the art room because I was a "lesbian" and it would be hot a good reason to get me to cheat on my "girlfriend"? Puh-lease! And who does Lauren think she's fooling?! She's just as bad! Her ex-boyfriend was tied to a chair in her garage and blackmailed into keeping her secret. And this bitch over here dating the man who cost my parents everything…
"She swore it didn't mean anything! So can we just forget about it and move on?" Amy begs. Really?!
"Wow. Why does that sound familiar? Oh, yeah, that's what you said when you slept with Liam." It's a low blow, I know it. But I'm so pissed off right now that I just don't care.
With venom dripping into her words, Lauren says, "Like mother, like daughter. Let's just sweep it under the rug."
Karma quips, "I'm surprised there's any room left under there.
Amy is pissed off now, Karma can tell by the look on her face. "Oh, you're one to talk about secrets. Okay, what's this?" Amy pulls a paper out of her back pocket. What is she talking about my secrets? I don't have any OH MY FUCKING GOD!
"It's a check from Max Booker for $250,000. What's that about, Karma?"
Karma can't take her eyes off of Liam. I cannot believe we have to do this right here right now! Dammit Amy! Karma's voice reveals to the room that she is on the verge of tears. "After we got back from L.A., your father offered me that check to stay away from you." Oh God, he looks so hurt. We may not even be together anymore, but I never wanted to see him hurt like this, and I especially didn't wanna be the cause of that pain.
"And you took it?" Liam questions.
"No! N-Not yet. I-I haven't cashed it." That's gotta mean something!
Lauren points out, "Yeah, but you haven't torn it up either." Thank you Lauren! Always stating the obvious and being the least amount of helpful you can be.
"Who wouldn't consider taking $250,000?" Amy asks the room. Thanks Aims. Too little too late though.
Liam burst out, "I've been such an idiot!"
Karma tries to defend herself, "It could help my parents get back on their feet, help pay for college. How could I not consider it for even a second?" Why is everyone looking at me like I'm the bad guy? It's not wrong to want to help your family.
Liam stares right at Karma. "After you left L.A. Zita kissed me." Knew she wanted him! "She made it very clear she wanted more," Not the best news I've heard today.. "But I turned her down. It didn't take me a week to think about it."
Karma instantly throws out her go-to come back when arguing with Liam Booker, "Oh, yeah, well, too bad you didn't think before you slept with Amy." Seriously, how could he sleep with Amy? My Amy!
Liam sighs in frustration. Amy insists, "Karma, please, leave me out of it." I can never leave you out it..
"Here we go again. You're taking a bribe to stay away from me, but I'm the one defending myself?"
Karma finally explodes, "I'm not rich, Liam! I didn't fall asleep in class because I've been studying. I've been working every catering gig I could get," The one thing Reagan did right. "And I live in a freaking juice truck!"
Liam's reply shocks Karma to her very core. The one thing that he could have said to shut her up.. "It's so beside the point it's not even funny. If you were offered that money to stay away from Amy, you wouldn't have considered it for one second."
Stay away from Amy?! That's preposterous. I could never do that. That would kill me. And her. Wait. Why is it so easy for me to know, without a shadow of a doubt that I would never take money to stay from Amy. No amount of money could ever be worth that...but with Liam I'm so confused. I don't want him to not be around, but I could picture my life without him, and I don't think it would hurt all that badly. I think I would be over it no time really….So do I not love him? No, I think I do love him, but maybe not enough. Maybe not in the right way. Why is Amy looking at me like she needs me to answer. Amy...sweet Amy who has been there for me through so much. She punched a cop in the face, just to go to jail and argue with me...just so I could tell her that I hated her for making me hate her. Then she brought up the Cinderella dress, and said that she would happy to spend our lives together in a cardboard castle. She confessed her love me. Love from the day we met. She admitted she was hopeful, that I would realize that Prince Charming was Princess Sarcasm...which is such an Amy thing to say… I remember trying so hard not to cry. I failed so horribly. All the things she was describing was all true...they were all things I wanted too. Then she was standing there crying as she begged for a chance to earn my trust back. When she gave me choice : to have Amy in my life, or have her gone forever….did I even stand a chance. She was in so much pain….pain I caused her. Pain I would do anything to take away. Pain I wish I could make go away by wrapping her tightly in my arms and hugging her so close. Pain I wish I could kiss away….KISS? Where the hell did that come from?!